[GEOG 1350] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (25 pages long)
30 Mar 2017
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Process - the ways in which a disaster affects the earth"s surface. Plate tectonics - earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are explained by this basic scientific theory. Hazard - probability that a specific damaging event will happen in a particular period of time. Risk - commonly associated with social sciences because it is not only involved with hazards but also with coping capacity. Exposure - overlap in space and time of a hazardous process and infrastructure or population. Disaster / catastrophe - events that cause serious injury or loss of life and property damage over a limited time within a specific location. Mitigation - used to describe efforts is planning for a natural disaster while minimizing fatal outcomes. Magnitude - the impact of a hazardous event in respect to damage done. Recurrence interval - the space in between two disasters of the same magnitude (return period)
